spherical albedo
1Single scattering albedo — the ratio of scattering efficiency to total light extinction (which is also termed attenuance , a sum of scattering and absorption). Most often it is defined for small particle scattering of electromagnetic waves.For spherical particles one can… …
2Bond albedo — The Bond albedo is the fraction of power in the total electromagnetic radiation incident on an astronomical body that is scattered back out into space. It takes into account all wavelengths at all phase angles. It is an important quantity for… …
3Atmosphere of Venus — Atmosphere of Venus …
4Moons of Saturn — Artist s concepts of the Saturnian ring–moon system Saturn, its rings and major icy moons from Mimas to Rhea …
5asteroid — asteroidal, adj. /as teuh royd /, n. 1. Also called minor planet. Astron. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those… …
6climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
7Standard asteroid physical characteristics — For the majority of numbered asteroids, almost nothing is known apart from a few physical parameters. Hundreds of these (See ) have their own Wikipedia page, where the only information is their name and discovery circumstances plus a table of… …
8Haumea (dwarf planet) — Infobox Planet bgcolour = #FFFFC0 name = Haumea caption = Artist s conception of Haumea, with its moons, Hiokinaiaka and Namaka discovery = yes discoverer= Brown et al. ; Ortiz et al. (neither official) discovered=2004 December 28 (Brown et al.… …
9List of Solar System objects by size — Objects in the Solar System By orbit By size By discovery date …
10comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… …
